Author: Matteo Esposito

How a parasitic fungus turns living ants into unwitting hosts If you’ve ever played The Last of Us, you’ll have come across the rather terrifying concept of a fungus turning people into mindless zombies. That’s certainly something that would be limited to the realm of science fiction, yet nature has already come up with something…

How the world’s largest mammals challenge what we know about cancer A bowhead whale can live over 200 years and weight more than 80,000 kilograms, now that’s a lot of cell division! The majority of people would expect such a large size and long life span to be associated with a serious problem; cancer. Since…